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COOPER v. ROCKFORD NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 76-204.

50 Ill. App.3d 250 (1977)

365 N.E.2d 746

FRED R. COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROCKFORD NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., Defendants — (ROCKFORD NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., Contemnors-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed June 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis E. Hickey, of Francis E. Hickey, Ltd., Peter DeBruyne, and Thomas D. Luchetti, all of Rockford, for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago (Herbert Lee Caplan, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellee.

Wendy U. Larsen and William H. Luking, both of Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, Milton I. Shadur, Robert J. Vollen, and John McGinnis, all of Chicago, for amicus curiae.

Judgments reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Rockford Newspapers, Inc., and Cove Hoover, its former publisher and president, appeal from an order finding them in contempt and fining the newspapers $2,000 and Hoover $1,000. This is the third in a series of appeals arising from plaintiff's charge that he was libeled by the defendants. Following the filing of Cooper's libel complaint a temporary injunction was issued...

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